Judge To Rule on Stay of Microsoft Eolas Verdict on Jan. 6

Law360, New York (December 5, 2003, 12:00 AM EST) -- U.S. District Judge James Zagel will rule Jan. 6 on Microsoft Corp.'s request to stay a jury's $520 million award to a Eolas Technologies Inc. founder Michael Doyle and the University of California for patent infringement.

In August, a jury found that Microsoft had infringed on Eolas Technologies' patent for browser-based applications and awarded Eolas $521 million.

The 906 patent, owned by the University of California and licensed exclusively to software company Eolas, describes how to call programs over the internet, including applications for playing music,...